i wonder if the abilities being laid out in this order is to suggest the history of his rule. red, conquering and unifying britain i mean eldraine. green, rebuilding after that war. white, peacetime. and then blue and black are his reign turning to a dark one?

This is weird as it’s both hate and anti-drawback. Dual lands come into play untapped, Bouncelands don’t require you to bounce anything, City of traitors doesn’t require any sacrifices, Lotus Vale becomes literal Black Lotus.

I think Lotus Vale will still need you to sack something, since its replacing its own entrance. It's not on the board to be scrubbed by blood sun.

I know I'm not in a position to have a say on this, but I think it is just better to lock the thread and do not talk about the subject then. I accept my infraction, it is okay, but higher levels of policing in a delicate matter like this is not going to foster an environment for a positive dicussion, in my view. I feel like this current situation with the cosplayer is directly related to the topics I mentioned before. Look at the state of this thread: there are 4 mod posts so far and 3 community member posts.

If you think the subject can't be addressed in certain angles to the point that it can't be discussed, then it is better not to discuss it. That is how I see it. For instance, I disagree with something Marsquisd said, but I can't even address it without receiving another infraction.

I agree. The restrictions placed on this topic is throttling a frank and important discussion. Instead, I have to focus far more energy considering my words carefully or risk infractions. We all get it, it's just xkcd #1357. So do we want to be part of the solution or part of the problem? Keep in mind, doing nothing equates to being part of the problem.

If we, the community, can't actively draw the line in the sand and tell WotC, sponsors and the rest outliers of the community that toxic behavior is flat out not acceptable from either side, then why are "we" a part of that community?

Edit: removed link due to language I didn't notice

If you truly find it difficult to say what you think needs to be said without including an entire paragraph to explain that "oh sjws started it", like that first guy did, then I am inclined to believe you do not actually have anything important to say on this topic.

I think a set value is determined by the controller, but I may be wrong.

See, you are thinking within the normal rules of Magic. This is an un- set. You get literally infinite life.

Technically, you can't literally gain infinite life since "infinity" is not a defined, static value (it's a theoretical concept). Essentially, if you were to give this thing lifelink, no amount of damage dealt could make you lose the game. Your life total would be a number high beyond counting. Even if someone where to fire off some kind infinite damage combo (a la Viscera Seer + Murderous Redcap + Melira/Solemnity, there's no way they could kill you with the damage, because your life total has no upper limit, in a manner of speaking.

The only way to cancel this out would be to be dealt infinite damage (with, I don't know, an Infinity Elemental).

I feel like if your life total becomes infinity, but then you suffer an infinite damage combo, the spirit of the rules would let them kill you. Sure, in a tournament setting you could just say "nah you gotta execute it" and then slow play comes around, but...it's silver border

True, but then instead of the word permanent she could've had an "until she leaves the battlefield" like clause.

Or just nothing. Phoebe steals target creature's text box would IMHO intuitively mean "for as long as she's on the battlefield" since it lacks any kind of "until end of turn" phrasing. Unlike, say, Some Disassembly Required. Adding the word permanent heavily implies that it's, well, permanent (i.e. unaffected by zone changes). At least for the current game.

Edit: Really Epic Punch could have used the word permanent but it doesn't. Why the inconsistency?

So seeing how UNSets are meant to break the MTG COMP RULES, a clear example is Rules Lawer, then it would stand to this judge that clearly you can use Booster Tutor and Spike to get Conspiracies into your hand, but having no casting cost then you must find another way to play them and it would stand to reason that you place them into the Command Zone once they resolve.

I agree that Spike is capable of putting Conspiracies in your hand, since they've been defined as cards and exist on a ban list, but I'm pretty sure that unless you're goofing, they just flat do nothing but add 1 to your hand size once they're there. They don't just not have a mana cost, they aren't spells or permanents. That said, if the most busted thing you can think to do with Spike is go looking for a Sovereign's Realm to pair with your Fist of Suns, I guess I'm not really rushing to stop you

Sure. But the timing seems awfully convenient, especially because they'd have known Jaya was returning while working on the set, and deliberately put in several pieces of Dominaria nostalgia (like Wasitora).

And remember when Nahiri the Lithomancer was printed right as her role in the hedron network was about to become important?